Scope and Content Note

Chronologies, transcriptions, notes, and printouts from microfilm of articles about various kinds of entertainments. These materials document which entertainments played in particular cities. Brisendine culled this information primarily from city newspapers. For each city, there is a list of which entertainments played in that city. Supplementing these lists are copies and transcriptions of articles about those entertainments from the cities' newspapers. The main focus is on Georgia, but the records also include major cities in other states that were visited by the circuses that he researched. Cities in other countries are filed after the cities in the United States.

Arrangement Note

Arranged in alphabetical order by state, then by city.

Alabama

Box

Folder

Content

1

1

Greensborough

1

2

Hayneville

1

3

Huntsville

1

4

Jacksonville

1

5

Mobile

1

6

Montgomery

1

7

Phoenix City

1

8

Selma

1

9

Tuscaloosa

1

10

Tuscumbia

Arkansas

1

11

Little Rock

California

1

12

San Francisco

District of Columbia

1

13

Washington

Florida

1

14

Bartow

1

15

Jacksonville

1

16

Lake City

1

17

Pensacola

1

18

Tampa

Georgia

1

19

Abbeville

1

20

Adairsville

1

21

Adel

1

22

Alamo

1

23

Albany

1

24

Alma

1

25

Americus

1

26

Appling

1

27

Arlington

1

28

Ashburn

1

29

Athens

2

1

Atlanta (1)

2

2

Atlanta (2)

2

3

Atlanta (3)

2

4

Atlanta (4)

2

5

Atlanta (5)

2

6

Atlanta (6)

3

1

Augusta

3

2

Bainbridge

3

3

Barnesville

3

4

Baxley

3

5

Blackshear

3

6

Blairsville

3

7

Blakely

3

8

Blue Ridge

3

9

Bowdon

3

10

Brunswick

3

11

Buchanan

3

12

Buena Vista

3

13

Buford

3

14

Butler

3

15

Cairo

3

16

Calhoun

3

17

Camilla

3

18

Canton

3

19

Carnesville

3

20

Carrollton

3

21

Cartersville

3

22

Cassville

3

23

Cedartown

3

24

Chatsworth

3

25

Chipley

3

26

Clarkesville

3

27

Claxton

3

28

Clayton

3

29

Cleveland

3

30

Cochran

3

31

Colquitt

3

32

Columbus (1)

3

33

Columbus (2)

3

34

Columbus (3)

4

1

Columbus (4)

4

2

Columbus (5)

4

3

Commerce

4

4

Conyers

4

5

Cordele

4

6

Covington

4

7

Crawfordsville

4

8

Cumming

4

9

Cuthbert

4

10

Cusetta

4

11

Dahlonega

4

12

Dallas

4

13

Dalton

4

14

Danielsville

4

15

Darien

4

16

Dawkinsville

4

17

Dawson

4

18

Dawsonville

4

19

Decatur

4

20

Donaldsonville

4

21

Douglas

4

22

Douglasville

4

23

Dublin

4

24

Eastman

4

25

Eatonton

4

26

Edison

4

27

Elberton

4

28

Ellaville

4

29

Ellijay

4

30

Fairburn

4

31

Fayetteville

4

32

Fitzgerald

4

33

Folkston

4

34

Forsyth

4

35

Fort Gaines

4

36

Fort Valley

4

37

Franklin

4

38

Gainesville

4

39

Georgetown

4

40

Gibson

4

41

Gray

4

42

Glenwood

4

43

Greensboro

4

44

Greenville

5

1

Griffin

5

2

Hahira

5

3

Hamilton

5

4

Harlem

5

5

Hartwell

5

6

Hawkinsville

5

7

Hazlehurst

5

8

Helena

5

9

Hiawassee

5

10

Hinesville

5

11

Hogansville

5

12

Homerville

5

13

Irwinton

5

14

Irwinville

5

15

Jackson

5

16

Jasper

5

17

Jefferson

5

18

Jeffersonville

5

19

Jesup

5

20

Jonesboro

5

21

Kingsland

5

22

Knoxville

5

23

LaFayette

5

24

LaGrange

5

25

Lakeland

5

26

Lavonia

5

27

Lawrenceville

5

28

Leesburg

5

29

Lexington

5

30

Lincolnton

5

31

Louisville

5

32

Ludowici

5

33

Lumpkin

5

34

Lyons

5

35

Macon

5

36

Madison

5

37

Manchester

5

38

Marietta

5

39

Marshallville

5

40

McDonough

5

41

McRae

5

42

Melter

5

43

Milledgeville

5

44

Millen

5

45

Monroe

5

46

Montezuma

5

47

Monticello

5

48

Morgan

5

49

Moultrie

5

50

Mount Vernon

5

51

Nahunta

5

52

Nashville

5

53

Newnan

5

54

Newton

5

55

Ocilla

5

56

Oglethorpe

5

57

Pearson

5

58

Pelham

5

59

Pembroke

5

60

Perry

5

61

Preston

5

62

Quitman

6

1

Reidsville

6

2

Reynolds

6

3

Richland

6

4

Ringgold

6

5

Roberta

6

6

Rochelle

6

7

Rockmart

6

8

Rome

6

9

Rossville

6

10

Roswell

6

11

Royston

6

12

Sandersville

6

13

Savannah

6

14

Screven

6

15

Senoia

6

16

Shellman

6

17

Smithville

6

18

Social Circle

6

19

Sopertan

6

20

Sparks

6

21

Sparta

6

22

Springfield

6

23

Statenville

6

24

Statesboro

6

25

Stillmore

6

26

Summerville

6

27

Sumner

6

28

Swainsboro

6

29

Sycamore

6

30

Sylvania

6

31

Sylvester

6

32

Talbotton

6

33

Tallapoosa

6

34

Thomaston

6

35

Thomasville

6

36

Thomson

6

37

Tifton

6

38

Toccoa

6

39

Trenton

6

40

Unadilla

6

41

Union Point

6

42

Valdosta

6

43

Vidalia

6

44

Vienna

6

45

Villa Rica

6

46

Wadley

6

47

Warm Springs

6

48

Warner Robins

6

49

Warrenton

6

50

Washington

6

51

Watkinsville

6

52

Waycross

6

53

Waynesboro

6

54

West Point

6

55

Willacoochee

6

56

Winder

6

57

Woodbine

6

58

Woodbury

6

59

Wrens

6

60

Wrightsville

6

61

Young Harris

6

62

Zebulon

6

63

Various / Misc. - [notes on performances in Georgia cities for which there is no newspaper identified]